I've had dragons in my stories...but I rarely think of a description beyond the color of scales.

Well,
There is size, wing span, personality (mean , good, silly), shape (long, thin, stocky, lithe, graceful, clumsy), Age (lots of ways with that), spines down the back or not, horns (many or none, and their color), a tip on the tail or not (spear tipped, round tipped,) , fire or ice breather (and other such things), how many claws per foot, any magic abilities, where they live, if you have different speices then the kinds, how do they speak (mind talk, own language, only growling 'cause not inteligent, wise enough to speak anything),
Hmm,
I can't think of any more right now. The description of my dragons, seeing as they are main charaters, is important to me. : )

*has missed seeing 6strings around *

The closest thing I have to a dragon are the Zarazan. They are a semi-sapient race of carnivorous beasts and are very dangerous. They have wolf-like heads with a body similar to that of a Chinese dragon except devoid of scales, instead being smooth and always black or grey. They can live live up to 300 years. I just recently created them, so I'm not sure of all the details yet.

I'm going to have wyverns (*shakes head* I keep talking in the future tense when I refer to my writing projects. Ah, summer.). They will be non-sentinent animals that are used by the forces of evil.

Incidently, does anyone know the difference between a wyvern and a dragon. (I probably should know that if I'm going to write about them. )

Or they can have no legs.

http://www.blackdrago.com/types.htm#amphiptere
The Amphiptere, also spelled as Amphithere or Amphitere, has been found in European heraldry. They were particularly feared in Europe, so any person who bore an amphiptere across their shield or as part of their coat of arms would be regarded as fearsome.1

An amphiptere is literally a flying serpent, equipped with a pair of wings. They possess no other limbs. In many depictions, the wings are feathered, like a bird's wing, instead of webbed like a bat's wing.

Dragons of Fame: Famous Amphipteres: Quetzalcoatl

While the Wyvern;
http://www.blackdrago.com/types.htm#wyvern
The Wyvern is a dragon with the body of a serpent, the head of a dragon (shaped like a crocodile), wings of a bat, two legs, and a long, barbed tail.13

Seen as particularly vicious throughout Europe, many legends of wyverns involved them destroying villages or traveling parties.11 The many slaying myths of wyverns perhaps explains why these dragons are particularly popular among heraldic crests and coats of arms.

Wyverns have two back legs, but no front legs. Otherwise, they look alot like "normal" dragons. http://www.blackdrago.com/types.htm Here this may help.

Here's the scene from one of my short stories that introduces a dragon:

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Nessa jumped off the horse (her legs wobbly and sore) and, with hardly a whisper of steel on steel, drew her blade. It glittered evilly in the afternoon sun.

Her foe was a dragon. It was clearly wild, roaring and plunging enough to shame any self-respecting bull. Flames boiled the sky as the red dragon reared into the air, turning to face its new opponents. Its spikes were sharp and thorny, running along the spine to the tip of its snakelike tail, which whipped with deadly force along the ground. Its scales were a sinister dull red, gleaming impenetrably as though mocking Nessa’s sharp sword.

For a moment, Nessa wondered if she was afraid. After all, she knew virtually nothing about all this sword-swinging stuff, other than what she’d learned from that branch. And that dragon must know quite a bit about fighting. Boy, its teeth were long as daggers, and probably just as sharp. Then she shook her head, eliminating all fear from her brain. She didn’t have time to be scared.

The dragon came down with an earth-shaking thud and slowly stepped towards her. Summoning up her courage Nessa made a mad dash at one of the dragon’s front legs and struck it a blow that, though jarring her arm considerably, just glanced off. Before it had time to react she dashed to the side and, in the second of peace, scanned the dragon’s armored body. Was there a place that was actually penetrable?

That moment of thought cost her dearly. A small flame shot in her direction, singing the ground beside her. Madly Nessa stamped the grass, extinguishing any lingering fire. She swung back around and saw, for a moment, the unprotected inside of the dragon’s mouth. She gulped, then ran forward again and, reaching up, thrust at the dragon’s armpit.

This time the monster’s reflex was much quicker. One of its claws scratched her back and Nessa gasped with agony. How could a mere wound be so painful? Black clouded her vision for a moment and then, taking a huge gulp of breath, she brought her head back up and skipped off to the side, to a moment’s safety.

The underarm had worked a little bit better as far as wounding the dragon but not nearly well enough. Yes, she’d need to get either the mouth or the eyes, preferably the mouth. Nessa dodged a column of flame that evaporated before it touched the ground, her back searing with pain as though it was the one that had been burnt.

The massive, spiky tail came swishing her way and, in one instant, Nessa thought of a plan. It was stupid but, with all the luck in the world, it just might work.
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I like your description! The dragon sounds really fierce!

Griffin ~ wouldn't you know, I never even noticed! I thought it had wings (I mean, it is a dragon, after all!) but apparently I didn't mention any, so I guess it didn't have wings! Just goes to show how some of those "indispensable" aspects of creatures may not be so necessary after all...

I have just published book one in a seven book series about Dragons entitled The Canticles of Andurun: Dragonsong. There are a variety of them in my novels, and they range from huge and menacing with blood like fire, to aquatic creatures whose "wings" allow them to swim. One is comprised of magma and can take a solid shape at will. None of the Dragons are good, since I am using them as a symbol of evil in my writing world. I have more about them in my Bestiary at thecanticlesofandurun.blogspot.com. Come and visit if you like!